Tuesday, January 30, 2024

ford ranger

taking pictures with my eyes
the soft blue and yellow sky
the cypress and oak
the green fields and the red fields
the way the white truck looks 
like a hotwheels from here 
flip off the flag with one blue stripe waving
in front of a house covered by a red and black striped termite tent
thoughts multiplying like needles in a haystack
peas under a mattress
when he plays dead 
face down in the center of the bed
when he goes mute
& i roll him over to pull off his clothes 
driving south is like driving back in time
the hand painted signs multiply
memories careen off the path/past
flip off the mission bells
a hitchhiker standing still 
like a statue with his legs crossed
the time I picked up a hitcher in king city
who smoked meth in my car 
the ferdinands in the field
sun glinting off their horns